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“The new generation of CSR In this landmark book Wayne Visser shows how the old model of Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (CSR) is being replaced by a 2nd generation movement. This generation goes beyond the outmoded approach of CSR as philanthropy or public relations (widely criticised as ‘greenwash’) to a more interactive, stakeholder-driven model. Provides a ‘second generation’ approach to CSR that will breathe new life into the movement Can increase the effectiveness of CSR as a strategy to create positive change in society through business Acknowledges the challenges faced by conventional businesses and provides the measures needed to face these”–Publisher.

Time Management Training reveals how to help others develop strategies for increased productivity and effectiveness. Workshops cover scheduling, delegating, procrastinating, managing distractions, overcommitting, managing email, and completing paperwork. Part of the ASTD trainer’s workshop series–ASTD’s done all the work for you with complete, customizable, ready-to-use programs. Titles offer half-day, one-day, and two-day workshop formats, as well as all the exercises, handouts, assessments, structured experiences, and presentations needed for effective delivery. PowerPoint slides and electronic copies of all supporting materials for this title are provided online as downloadable content.”–Publisher’s

China into its second rise : myths, puzzles, paradoxes, and challenge to theory / James C. Hsiung, 2012

It’s about the economy — The economic future of the world — The double trust dilemma of development — Make or take — The property principle for innovation — Keep what you make : property law — Doing what you say : contracts — Giving credit to credit : finance and banking — Financing secrets : corporations — Hold or fold : financial distress — Termites in the foundation : corruption — Poverty is dangerous : accidents and liability — Academic scribblers and defunct economists — How the many overcome the few — Legalize freedom : conclusion.

This book makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption. America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In this book the authors analyze those challenges, globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation’s chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption, and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover America’s power and prowess. They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously. They show how America’s history, when properly understood, provides the key to coping successfully and explain how the paralysis of the U.S. political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible to carry out the policies the country needs. This work is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.